Teen Dad

Two

"But daddy, you promised," Annabelle whined over the phone. I had to call in another babysitter since I was given detention, even though I promised Anna I would be with her that night.

"I know sweetie, I know, but I can't do anything about it. Look, its just for a couple hours, will you be okay until then?"

She sighed, "I guess so."

"That's my girl. And tomorrow there isn't any school, so we can do whatever you want," I told her.

"Okay," he said, her disappointment disappearing in her voice, but I knew she was still sad. The teacher came into the hallway and signaled for me to come back inside.

"I got to go, I'll see you tonight. Love you."

"Love you, too, daddy," she said. I hung up and walked back into the classroom, the teacher following behind me. It's nice to have some people understand what's going on, like the teachers. They understand that at some points I have to take a call, or leave early, or do other things that involve Annabelle.

I took my seat in the class, next to Abigail, and leaned back in the seat. "Detention starts now, you have two hours. Please remain quite and no cellphones," the teacher said. She walked back to the two of us and we each handed her our phones so she could put them on her desk. After that we just sat their in silence, her writing or drawing, and me resting my eyes. I guess I fell asleep, because two hours flew buy so fast I couldn't remember what happened half the time. "Okay you two may go now. Please pick up your phones on the way out and please, try not to let this happen again." We both nodded and grabbed our things. Before Abigail left I saw a glimpse at her sketchbook, and her drawings were amazing. There were flowers, animals, people, fashion, and a bunch of other cool things. She was an artist.

I was about to walk to the parking lot when, "H-hey, Michael," I heard my name. I turned around and saw Abigail walking up to me. "Hey, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for getting you in trouble."

"No need, it's not your fault."

"But it is. I was the one talking to you. You were just minding your own business when I started bothering you," she stated.

She was right, I was minding my own business, but its not her fault. I shouldn't have even talked back to her, otherwise we both wouldn't be in this mess. "Don't sweat it. I better get going, you need a ride home?" I asked.

"Nah, I'm fine, I walked here, but thank you. I'll see you around, okay?"

"Okay," I said.

"Bye Michael," she waved as she walked off.

"Bye Abigail..."

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"Thanks again Mrs. Young," I said to the older woman who babysits Anna.

"No problem, just call whenever you need me to babysit," she said. She turned around and left the apartment complex and went into her car. I closed the door and turned around to find Anna eating dinner.

"Hey princess," I said, kneeling down to her height.

"Hi..." she said, barley any emotion in her voice.

"Are you still upset?" I asked. She shrugged. "Do you want to watch a movie tonight with popcorn and ice cream?" She looked up and me and smiled. "That's my girl," I smiled, kissing her forehead. "Finish eating while I set everything up."

"You ain't hungry?" she asked.

"I got something on my way home. Now, eat up before it gets to late," I said. She quickly continued eating, making me laugh. I put the popcorn in the microwave and set the movie disc in the DVD player. After that I got two bowls of ice cream and Annabelle was done eating and already in the living room. I set one bowl in her lap and the other on the table, then I went back into the kitchen and got the popcorn and put it in the bowl. We were watching The Princess and the Frog, since I know it's her favorite movie. We watch it all the time, so much that she knows almost every single line.

After about an hour and the movie is almost done, I looked at Anna and saw she was asleep next to me. I turned the TV off and picked her up, caring her into her room. I set her on her bed, tucked her in, and kissed her forehead. "Goodnight," I whispered in her ear before leaving the room and closing the door behind me. I went into my room, took of my shirt and pants, and crawled into bed, turning of the lamp next to me and falling asleep.

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A/N- Hey guys, sorry about the short chapter and sorry I haven't been updating. I haven't been on here much for the past week cause school had been stressing me out, but I'm now officially in summer vacation and will hopefully be updating more, but that's not a promise. I hope you understand if you start seeing lack of updates, cause for part of the summer I will be in a house without internet most of the day, and sometimes I'll be helping take care of my younger cousins. Now there will be times I will just be home relaxing, and when that time comes I will work on updates as much as I can.
Thank you all for understanding! BYE!!~